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Arrivederci ragazzi
Sullo sfondo degli avvenimenti della seconda guerra mondiale, due ragazzi scoprono il profondo valore dell'amicizia al di là delle differenze razziali.
“Hai paura?” “Sempre”, risponde Jean, il ragazzo ebreo che vive sotto falso nome nello stesso collegio di Julien.
Siamo nel gennaio del 1944, l'anno più duro del secondo conflitto mondiale, e Julien, cresciuto in una ricca famiglia borghese, è ospite di un collegio religioso, non lontano da Parigi, nella Francia occupata dai nazisti.
Attraverso le tappe della sua delicata amicizia con Jean, egli scopre a poco a poco il dramma della persecuzione razziale, gli orrori della guerra e l'ambiguità del mondo degli adulti.
“Hai paura?” “Sempre”, risponde Jean, il ragazzo ebreo che vive sotto falso nome nello stesso collegio di Julien.
Siamo nel gennaio del 1944, l'anno più duro del secondo conflitto mondiale, e Julien, cresciuto in una ricca famiglia borghese, è ospite di un collegio religioso, non lontano da Parigi, nella Francia occupata dai nazisti.
Attraverso le tappe della sua delicata amicizia con Jean, egli scopre a poco a poco il dramma della persecuzione razziale, gli orrori della guerra e l'ambiguità del mondo degli adulti.
174 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1987
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November 22, 2017
Pour ne pas oublier…
(recensione del gennaio 2015)
Francia, 1944, durante l’occupazione tedesca.
In un collegio cattolico trovano rifugio, sotto falsa identità e grazie all’interessamento del direttore, tre ragazzini ebrei; a uno di questi, Jean, si lega d’amicizia con il dodicenne Julien che scoprirà a poco a poco la reale condizione dell’altro. Gli echi del conflitto si fanno inevitabilmente sempre più vicini e assordanti, tuttavia la vita dei ragazzi prosegue là dentro tra lo studio e tutto ciò che fa parte del passaggio dall’infanzia all’adolescenza; tutto relativamente tranquillo, pur tra la non abbondanza di cibo e, all’occorrenza, le corse ai rifugi antiaerei. In attesa dello sbarco alleato che già si sente nell’aria.
Ma, come in genere accade, la guerra incattivisce gli animi e infine qualcuno denuncia la presenza dei tre giovani ebrei. Così, una mattina d’inverno, i nazisti fanno irruzione nell’istituto, arrestando Jean e i suoi compagni, come pure il direttore che li aveva accolti per sottrarli alla deportazione probabilmente già toccata ai loro familiari. Bella la figura di quest’ultimo personaggio, Padre Jean, un uomo giusto che risponde alla propria coscienza prima che alle leggi dell’occupante straniero e del governo collaborazionista. Lui e i tre ragazzi moriranno nei campi di concentramento tedeschi.
Una appassionante e commovente lettura, goduta in lingua originale e personalmente scelta in occasione dell’ormai prossima Giornata della Memoria: pour ne pas oublier, jamais… Per non dimenticare, mai… Perché i drammi di ieri, pur cambiando i protagonisti, rischiano di ripresentarsi anche oggi.
Scritto dal regista Louis Malle che s’ispirò a un ricordo della propria infanzia, “Au revoir, les enfants” è un lavoro destinato al cinema; infatti, risale al 1987 l’omonimo film, Leone d’Oro a Venezia nello stesso anno.
La scena finale da cui prende il titolo l’opera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_co...
(recensione del gennaio 2015)
Francia, 1944, durante l’occupazione tedesca.
In un collegio cattolico trovano rifugio, sotto falsa identità e grazie all’interessamento del direttore, tre ragazzini ebrei; a uno di questi, Jean, si lega d’amicizia con il dodicenne Julien che scoprirà a poco a poco la reale condizione dell’altro. Gli echi del conflitto si fanno inevitabilmente sempre più vicini e assordanti, tuttavia la vita dei ragazzi prosegue là dentro tra lo studio e tutto ciò che fa parte del passaggio dall’infanzia all’adolescenza; tutto relativamente tranquillo, pur tra la non abbondanza di cibo e, all’occorrenza, le corse ai rifugi antiaerei. In attesa dello sbarco alleato che già si sente nell’aria.
Ma, come in genere accade, la guerra incattivisce gli animi e infine qualcuno denuncia la presenza dei tre giovani ebrei. Così, una mattina d’inverno, i nazisti fanno irruzione nell’istituto, arrestando Jean e i suoi compagni, come pure il direttore che li aveva accolti per sottrarli alla deportazione probabilmente già toccata ai loro familiari. Bella la figura di quest’ultimo personaggio, Padre Jean, un uomo giusto che risponde alla propria coscienza prima che alle leggi dell’occupante straniero e del governo collaborazionista. Lui e i tre ragazzi moriranno nei campi di concentramento tedeschi.
Una appassionante e commovente lettura, goduta in lingua originale e personalmente scelta in occasione dell’ormai prossima Giornata della Memoria: pour ne pas oublier, jamais… Per non dimenticare, mai… Perché i drammi di ieri, pur cambiando i protagonisti, rischiano di ripresentarsi anche oggi.
Scritto dal regista Louis Malle che s’ispirò a un ricordo della propria infanzia, “Au revoir, les enfants” è un lavoro destinato al cinema; infatti, risale al 1987 l’omonimo film, Leone d’Oro a Venezia nello stesso anno.
La scena finale da cui prende il titolo l’opera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_co...
October 3, 2025
Vidi il film del 1987 qualche anno fa, non sapevo che il regista Louis Malle nel 1993 decise di pubblicarne l'omonima forma romanzata, perché questa storia che pensavo fosse semplicemente ispirata ai fatti storici raccontati, II Seconda Guerra Mondiale, persecuzione degli ebrei, antisemitismo e deportazione, in realtà accadde veramente al regista da adolescente. Strinse amicizia con un ragazzo ebreo nascosto nel collegio dei Carmelitani dove il regista studiava, con l'identità di un ragazzo francese ma che purtroppo venne scoperto.
https://youtu.be/1E810ClN9t8?si=Os352...
https://youtu.be/1E810ClN9t8?si=Os352...
April 21, 2024
we had to read it for french class and it was one of the few school lectures I actually enjoyed. The story was very wholesome (except for the ending - I‘m like crying as I’m writing this…)
Also the movie was really accurate to the book, which I liked. The actors did a very good job, especially the actors of the two main characters, Bonnet and Julien. You could almost say those characters had some kind of chemistry going on in the book AND the movie (basically my whole class is shipping them at some point, plus everyone knows every good queer love story has a piano scene - Au revoir, les enfants, did not leave us hanging with such a scene) But yes. All in all a interesting, more or less cute story about brotherhood, friendship and love in very difficult times.
Also the movie was really accurate to the book, which I liked. The actors did a very good job, especially the actors of the two main characters, Bonnet and Julien. You could almost say those characters had some kind of chemistry going on in the book AND the movie (basically my whole class is shipping them at some point, plus everyone knows every good queer love story has a piano scene - Au revoir, les enfants, did not leave us hanging with such a scene) But yes. All in all a interesting, more or less cute story about brotherhood, friendship and love in very difficult times.
May 23, 2010
absolutely gorgeous movie about how emnimity can become friendship, which can become love.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not implying that the two main characters are secretly lovers or in love with each other.
What I mean is that they form a strong connection, like brothers,that is beautiful to watch.
everyone talks about the end of the movie, but my favorite part of the movie was the way the relationship between Jean and Julien grows.
Fantastic movie to watch, good screenplay as well.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not implying that the two main characters are secretly lovers or in love with each other.
What I mean is that they form a strong connection, like brothers,that is beautiful to watch.
everyone talks about the end of the movie, but my favorite part of the movie was the way the relationship between Jean and Julien grows.
Fantastic movie to watch, good screenplay as well.
July 13, 2018
4 out of 5 stars! ⭐️ Une très belle histoire d’une amitié de deux garçons sous l’Occupation en France. Le récit est rédigé d’une manière extrêmement réaliste. Le livre m’a beaucoup touché, c’est sûr!
Ce dont le livre parle: Le film se déroule durant l'hiver 1943-1944, dans une France occupée. Julien qui a 12 ans, fils d'une famille bourgeoise, est pensionnaire au petit collège Saint Jean de la Croix, tenu par les pères carmes. Il retrouve le chemin de l'école sans joie après les vacances de Noël, pour le deuxième trimestre. Une rentrée presque comme les autres jusqu'à ce que le père Jean vienne présenter trois nouveaux élèves. L'un d'entre eux, le jeune Jean Bonnet, est le voisin de dortoir de Julien. Les deux élèves se jaugent, Julien est intrigué par Jean, garçon fier, mutique et mystérieux un temps rejeté par l'ensemble de la classe. Après s'être observés mutuellement, ils s'apprivoisent au jour le jour et un lien d'amitié se crée entre eux. Julien finit par comprendre le secret de son ami, son nom n'est pas Bonnet mais Kippelstein, il est juif. Un froid matin de janvier, à la suite d'une dénonciation, la Gestapo fait irruption dans le collège.
Ce dont le livre parle: Le film se déroule durant l'hiver 1943-1944, dans une France occupée. Julien qui a 12 ans, fils d'une famille bourgeoise, est pensionnaire au petit collège Saint Jean de la Croix, tenu par les pères carmes. Il retrouve le chemin de l'école sans joie après les vacances de Noël, pour le deuxième trimestre. Une rentrée presque comme les autres jusqu'à ce que le père Jean vienne présenter trois nouveaux élèves. L'un d'entre eux, le jeune Jean Bonnet, est le voisin de dortoir de Julien. Les deux élèves se jaugent, Julien est intrigué par Jean, garçon fier, mutique et mystérieux un temps rejeté par l'ensemble de la classe. Après s'être observés mutuellement, ils s'apprivoisent au jour le jour et un lien d'amitié se crée entre eux. Julien finit par comprendre le secret de son ami, son nom n'est pas Bonnet mais Kippelstein, il est juif. Un froid matin de janvier, à la suite d'une dénonciation, la Gestapo fait irruption dans le collège.
April 18, 2023
Ce roman m’a brisé le cœur 😭💔 envoyé de l’aide vite 🥺🥺💔😭😭😭
September 5, 2009
Unforgettable play based on the Catholic author's own childhood experiences and brief friendship with a Jewish boy temporarily housed @ his boarding school. All too short, piercing and piercingly insightful into the depths of the human heart, plumbing its best and worst.
Can be read in a single, long sitting. Parental discretion advised before just giving to youth, but the reality presented is young boys as they are; no sugar coating.
Excellent!
Can be read in a single, long sitting. Parental discretion advised before just giving to youth, but the reality presented is young boys as they are; no sugar coating.
Excellent!
August 26, 2017
About ten years ago, this was my introduction to Louis Malle. It was subtle, tragic with just the right amount of comedy, beautifully done. And having the privilege of finding and reading its screenplay offered me the chance to realize that an excellent movie starts with excellent writing. This was written perfectly enough that I picture little direction having been needed. Just as moving to read as it was to watch.
April 8, 2008
This was "suggested reading" when I took French in high school I absolutely loved this story. Well written and beautifully discribed. Though I needed an English/French dictionary at my side and it took a good month to get through it, I absolutely loved it. If you need a "boost" to want to read it, it is out on DVD. If you read French, you shouldn't miss this one.
January 5, 2021
I adore this film and I needed to read the script because I'm studying it! The story is so heartbreaking but it's a beautiful portrayal of childhood and friendship as well.
EDIT 5/01/2021
I think I enjoy this more and more each time I read it - it really is a beautiful, albeit sad, story.
EDIT 5/01/2021
I think I enjoy this more and more each time I read it - it really is a beautiful, albeit sad, story.
November 7, 2020
Verplichte kost voor het vak Frans. Moest ik niet zo gestresseerd zijn omdat het examenstof was, zou ik er wel van genoten hebben, meen ik me te herinneren.
January 9, 2022
Gave me a good view on the life during the war and how that effected the children
June 21, 2025
Au Revoir Les Enfants by Louis Malle – my previous note on this wonderful work is at https://realini.blogspot.com/2018/03/... where I have some other texts
9 out of 10
Trying to start off with a joke, the title is very attractive for this cinephile, because it means Goodbye Children, and considering where I live, that would be a nice prospect, if it could happen literally, as in this is a gated community we have here, with fat cats, and spoiled children, who abuse firecrackers and almost anything
As it is clear already, I will get to some points in Au Revoir Les Enfants, Insha’Allah, and then rant on this topic, and possibly others – as I write this, I have John Oliver in the background, with his latest episode of Last Week Tonight, where Orange Jesus rambles on something, what an idiot, OJ, not Oliver – so you have been warned
It may not be necessary to keep using these spoiler alerts, albeit some fellow did read, and then he did not like the shots (metaphorical) I take at this monstrous Orange Felon, and complained I did not alert him to that looming attack, I mean, I have seven clicks on my blog, on a regular day, so it is not popular, nobody cares
This is not lamenting, it is like in that Zen Master story, where he loses a horse, then the animal brings some other, wild ones, the son breaks his leg, but thus avoids the army, and all in all, the village laments, cheers, and the Zen Master shows equanimity, Ataraxia, eudaimonia and more and keeps saying we shall see
It happened to me https://realini.blogspot.com/2017/06/... on a day when the pool had no water, at the downtown club, and I was so angry, for they had not even told me, but like with the Zen Master, I had to use the gym upstairs, instead of swimming, and that changed everything
I took part in the ten-kilometer run, a couple of weeks ago or so, and I was about to join another such coemption, two days back, only the spouse said no, she had me confined – as the geese keeper – with the macaws, over the weekend, but who knows, I hear a runner died, so maybe she saved me from a similar demise
There is a psychology classic, Games People Play https://realini.blogspot.com/2013/09/... by Eric Berne, which explains that one of the most frequently played games is If It Weren’s For You, people blame the spouse, claiming they would have done so much, reached the top, if only…
So let us put down some words about Au Revoir les Enfants, about time, right, now that there is nobody to read it, here is some useless fluff, well, ‘we shall see’, Zen feelings, the action takes place during World War II, and we have the themes of loyalty, betrayal, munificence, indeed, some of the superb traits, and their opposites
The children in the narrative learn in a place supervised by the clergy, actually, there is a bombardment, and the teacher takes them to the shelter, I think it was the cave, but he instructs them to take the books and all, as they descend, and they continue to study there, in even worse conditions, they have to suffer upstairs as well
It is very cold in the buildings, and the children complain, one teacher tells one child to put some wood on the fire, but the main problem is that they shelter three Jewish people within, and this is France under occupation, with the Nazis looking for victims to send to the death camps, extermination was rampant and millions will be killed
It is not just the Germans – one was is decent in fact, when the heroes, Julien Quentin and Jean Bonnet, are lost in the woods, this one brings them back, and when he hears about the ‘Boches’, which was a pejorative, actually outright insulting term, he lets it off – there were some loathsome collaborators, and they will kill indirectly
One is Joseph, who has a lame foot, and ergo we feel sorry for him, he has to work in the kitchen, gets into the black market and is cheated at times, an adolescent (he looked as if he was) who has to work quite hard, the others are better off, they can study, he looks at a life of some hardship, and yet, he is a vile figure
Another spoiler alert, I will say what happens – this Joseph alerts the Nazis, and they come looking for the three Jewish personages, one is Jean Bonnet, the name is in fact a cover, just as the boy of maybe 12 claims he is a Protestant, but he has a Hebrew ritual going on at night, when the others are asleep, and they will find them
Jean Bonnet is bright, one of the best students, in fact, he competes for the first place, now that he arrived at this new class, but just because he is of a different faith, he will be arrested by the collaborators, and we find at the end of the movie that he, along with the others, and millions of innocent people will be massacred
This is an extraordinary film, with plenty of moving, heart-breaking scenes – one is in the restaurant, where they have to use coupons, Julien’s mother asks about fish, but the waiter says they have not had that for a long time, so they must take the rabbit, one coupon for half something like that, but the enemy walks in
The collaborators are in the restaurant and they ask to see the papers, for they are looking for the Jewish people, and one client, a man of perhaps seventy, he is singled out – you, are not allowed with the others, and insults pour, and the waiter says, this gentleman has been coming for decades, and eventually, some Germans interfere, and tell the collaborators to get out, showing the complexity of the situation, think Schindler’s List https://realini.blogspot.com/2016/07/...
Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/u... – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...
Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works
‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’
‚Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus’
“From Monty Python - The Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special...Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”
9 out of 10
Trying to start off with a joke, the title is very attractive for this cinephile, because it means Goodbye Children, and considering where I live, that would be a nice prospect, if it could happen literally, as in this is a gated community we have here, with fat cats, and spoiled children, who abuse firecrackers and almost anything
As it is clear already, I will get to some points in Au Revoir Les Enfants, Insha’Allah, and then rant on this topic, and possibly others – as I write this, I have John Oliver in the background, with his latest episode of Last Week Tonight, where Orange Jesus rambles on something, what an idiot, OJ, not Oliver – so you have been warned
It may not be necessary to keep using these spoiler alerts, albeit some fellow did read, and then he did not like the shots (metaphorical) I take at this monstrous Orange Felon, and complained I did not alert him to that looming attack, I mean, I have seven clicks on my blog, on a regular day, so it is not popular, nobody cares
This is not lamenting, it is like in that Zen Master story, where he loses a horse, then the animal brings some other, wild ones, the son breaks his leg, but thus avoids the army, and all in all, the village laments, cheers, and the Zen Master shows equanimity, Ataraxia, eudaimonia and more and keeps saying we shall see
It happened to me https://realini.blogspot.com/2017/06/... on a day when the pool had no water, at the downtown club, and I was so angry, for they had not even told me, but like with the Zen Master, I had to use the gym upstairs, instead of swimming, and that changed everything
I took part in the ten-kilometer run, a couple of weeks ago or so, and I was about to join another such coemption, two days back, only the spouse said no, she had me confined – as the geese keeper – with the macaws, over the weekend, but who knows, I hear a runner died, so maybe she saved me from a similar demise
There is a psychology classic, Games People Play https://realini.blogspot.com/2013/09/... by Eric Berne, which explains that one of the most frequently played games is If It Weren’s For You, people blame the spouse, claiming they would have done so much, reached the top, if only…
So let us put down some words about Au Revoir les Enfants, about time, right, now that there is nobody to read it, here is some useless fluff, well, ‘we shall see’, Zen feelings, the action takes place during World War II, and we have the themes of loyalty, betrayal, munificence, indeed, some of the superb traits, and their opposites
The children in the narrative learn in a place supervised by the clergy, actually, there is a bombardment, and the teacher takes them to the shelter, I think it was the cave, but he instructs them to take the books and all, as they descend, and they continue to study there, in even worse conditions, they have to suffer upstairs as well
It is very cold in the buildings, and the children complain, one teacher tells one child to put some wood on the fire, but the main problem is that they shelter three Jewish people within, and this is France under occupation, with the Nazis looking for victims to send to the death camps, extermination was rampant and millions will be killed
It is not just the Germans – one was is decent in fact, when the heroes, Julien Quentin and Jean Bonnet, are lost in the woods, this one brings them back, and when he hears about the ‘Boches’, which was a pejorative, actually outright insulting term, he lets it off – there were some loathsome collaborators, and they will kill indirectly
One is Joseph, who has a lame foot, and ergo we feel sorry for him, he has to work in the kitchen, gets into the black market and is cheated at times, an adolescent (he looked as if he was) who has to work quite hard, the others are better off, they can study, he looks at a life of some hardship, and yet, he is a vile figure
Another spoiler alert, I will say what happens – this Joseph alerts the Nazis, and they come looking for the three Jewish personages, one is Jean Bonnet, the name is in fact a cover, just as the boy of maybe 12 claims he is a Protestant, but he has a Hebrew ritual going on at night, when the others are asleep, and they will find them
Jean Bonnet is bright, one of the best students, in fact, he competes for the first place, now that he arrived at this new class, but just because he is of a different faith, he will be arrested by the collaborators, and we find at the end of the movie that he, along with the others, and millions of innocent people will be massacred
This is an extraordinary film, with plenty of moving, heart-breaking scenes – one is in the restaurant, where they have to use coupons, Julien’s mother asks about fish, but the waiter says they have not had that for a long time, so they must take the rabbit, one coupon for half something like that, but the enemy walks in
The collaborators are in the restaurant and they ask to see the papers, for they are looking for the Jewish people, and one client, a man of perhaps seventy, he is singled out – you, are not allowed with the others, and insults pour, and the waiter says, this gentleman has been coming for decades, and eventually, some Germans interfere, and tell the collaborators to get out, showing the complexity of the situation, think Schindler’s List https://realini.blogspot.com/2016/07/...
Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/u... – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...
Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works
‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’
‚Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus’
“From Monty Python - The Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special...Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”
February 1, 2023
Con una sola frase questo libro ogni volta riesce a farmi scoppiare in lacrime.
5⭐
Arrivederci ragazzi si merita oltre le cinque stelle. É un libro per ragazzi, ma secondo me é un libro adatto a tutte le età. Perché rappresenta la realtà dal punto di vista di Julien, un bambino che frequenta un collegio in Francia, per via della guerra nel '44.
Può all'apparenza sembrare un libro noioso, perché parla della guerra quindi della storia. Ma infine é un libro per ragazzi. Quindi può essere tutto tranne che noioso.
Arrivederci ragazzi é uno di quei libri che supera ogni aspettativa, (Ovviamente il genere deve piacere, ma dubito che questo libro non piaccia.) si parte con il pensiero di un libro troppo noioso, oppure troppo drammatico, oppure troppo divertente. Quando invece é un equilibrio perfetto.
Arrivederci ragazzi é vita.
É anima.
É cuore.
É piangere.
É guardare la vita com'è lo é realmente.
Arrivederci ragazzi é aprire un varco nel tempo e non uscirci, finché il suo potere non ha risucchiato tutta la felicità, tutta la tristezza, tutte le emozioni in un treno dritto per Auschwitz.
E chi ne esce, ne esce vissuto.
Consapevole che la brutta realtà esiste.
Ed é esistita... nel modo peggiore.
Arrivederci ragazzi sei molte parole, ma le uniche parole che ti darebbero giustizia sono proprio queste:
-"Arrivederci ragazzi".
Il suo viso é sereno, quasi lieto, e così pure la sua voce.
Sembra che dica "A presto!", come per un breve distacco. Ma la sua figura alta e asciutta oscilla e si frantuma di fronte ai miei occhi velati di lacrime.-
(Nei tuoi pensieri, Julien Quentin.)
Louis Malle.
Tante lacrime versate solo per voi.
🦋🌹🌬️.
Riletto e visto il film ---> 27 Gennaio/ 31 Gennaio 2023
Davvero bello ritornare nella magia di questa emozionante storia. Julien e Jean sono davvero troppo iconici insieme. Non scorderò mai il rapporto particolare che si è instaurato fra loro.
Li adoro.💖
Un libro che ricorda la giornata della memoria, bellissimo!
Dopo aver visto il film, ritengo che il libro sia molto meglio, perché si riescono a percepire quei piccoli dettagli che osservando delle scene non potranno mai emergere, al contrario succede nel libro!
Bellissima, riconfermo.💖✨
5⭐
Arrivederci ragazzi si merita oltre le cinque stelle. É un libro per ragazzi, ma secondo me é un libro adatto a tutte le età. Perché rappresenta la realtà dal punto di vista di Julien, un bambino che frequenta un collegio in Francia, per via della guerra nel '44.
Può all'apparenza sembrare un libro noioso, perché parla della guerra quindi della storia. Ma infine é un libro per ragazzi. Quindi può essere tutto tranne che noioso.
Arrivederci ragazzi é uno di quei libri che supera ogni aspettativa, (Ovviamente il genere deve piacere, ma dubito che questo libro non piaccia.) si parte con il pensiero di un libro troppo noioso, oppure troppo drammatico, oppure troppo divertente. Quando invece é un equilibrio perfetto.
Arrivederci ragazzi é vita.
É anima.
É cuore.
É piangere.
É guardare la vita com'è lo é realmente.
Arrivederci ragazzi é aprire un varco nel tempo e non uscirci, finché il suo potere non ha risucchiato tutta la felicità, tutta la tristezza, tutte le emozioni in un treno dritto per Auschwitz.
E chi ne esce, ne esce vissuto.
Consapevole che la brutta realtà esiste.
Ed é esistita... nel modo peggiore.
Arrivederci ragazzi sei molte parole, ma le uniche parole che ti darebbero giustizia sono proprio queste:
-"Arrivederci ragazzi".
Il suo viso é sereno, quasi lieto, e così pure la sua voce.
Sembra che dica "A presto!", come per un breve distacco. Ma la sua figura alta e asciutta oscilla e si frantuma di fronte ai miei occhi velati di lacrime.-
(Nei tuoi pensieri, Julien Quentin.)
Louis Malle.
Tante lacrime versate solo per voi.
🦋🌹🌬️.
Riletto e visto il film ---> 27 Gennaio/ 31 Gennaio 2023
Davvero bello ritornare nella magia di questa emozionante storia. Julien e Jean sono davvero troppo iconici insieme. Non scorderò mai il rapporto particolare che si è instaurato fra loro.
Li adoro.💖
Un libro che ricorda la giornata della memoria, bellissimo!
Dopo aver visto il film, ritengo che il libro sia molto meglio, perché si riescono a percepire quei piccoli dettagli che osservando delle scene non potranno mai emergere, al contrario succede nel libro!
Bellissima, riconfermo.💖✨
June 5, 2018
J'aime la perspective de l'enfant pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale. Cela nous montre des personnes catholiques et d'autres qui sont juifs. Il y avait plusieurs circonstances qui est arrivé. Ce n'est pas le meilleur, mais c'est bon.
May 27, 2016
A fantastic and beautiful, yet tragic and emotional story about friendship and the horrors of world war 2. An amazing read.
December 9, 2019
The ending really got me.
May 24, 2022
I read it for my french novel study; it was pretty monotonous for the first two thirds but the end was really packed and sad.
November 13, 2022
hmm joa, was setti säge, mega komisch gschribe & kei ahnig... würi ned namal läse
September 23, 2024
It was good but I read it for French class so I’m glad it’s over.
October 26, 2023
read this for school 😔
August 1, 2023
This really got me thinking about WWII. Watched the movie in French class earlier this year right before school ended, then for a end-of-the-year gift to my French teacher, I got her the screenplay and one for myself. I loved the movie sm I decided to read it again, and brought back some really fun memories of French class. Like I said earlier, the ending really has me thinking about how many innocent lives were taken from loved one etc. Great book!!
June 11, 2020
Stupendo. Sono un'amante dei libri, ma non ho mai apprezzato che mi venissero imposte delle letture non scelte da me. La mia professoressa di lettere me lo ha fatto leggere un'estate ed è stato uno dei pochissimi libri "forzati" dalla scuola che mi è davvero piaciuto. Assolutamente da leggere. La fine commovente, la storia scorrevole e toccante.
November 29, 2025
I read this book for French class, and I found myself attached to all the characters. Some of the vocabulary was new for me, but I could see the important relationships between characters, and I specifically enjoyed Julien and Jean Bonnet's friendship. I was definitely not expecting such a sad ending :(
May 6, 2020
I did not read the full book because this was for a class so my teacher just sent us PDF files of most of the pages but what I did read was pretty good and the message and themes in the story were very powerful.
March 8, 2021
Mon dieu... c’est triste, mais à la même-temps, il s’git d’une histoire réel d’une perspective nouvelle pour moi. C’est le premier temps que je rencontre une conte sur l’opprimer des juifs qui vient d’une autre pays...
June 23, 2024
I read this screenplay blind. I think that is how Louis Malle would have preferred it. Innocence of childhood at a French Catholic school shattered by Nazi Germans during WWII. Straightforward story without pretense.
November 7, 2024
Ora capisco perché alle medie i ragazzi non sopportino leggere i libri assegnati a scuola.
Capisco il tema, ma la storia messa in questo modo risulta davvero noiosa e pesante.
Alla fine la storia non ha un senso.
Capisco il tema, ma la storia messa in questo modo risulta davvero noiosa e pesante.
Alla fine la storia non ha un senso.
May 4, 2019
Don't read it in public: I cried for three hours straight when I finished it!
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December 10, 2020am I putting this on goodreads because I'm behind on my reading goal and the year is almost over? yes. yes I am. BUT I DID READ IT FOR SCHOOL SO.....
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